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by fian 8y ago
Cyclists tend to break bones at slower speeds. Pro-cyclists racing down mountains will lose a lot of skin in a fall but unless they hit something hard (rock, pole, wall) they don't tend to break bones. At walking speeds, a sideways fa
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by fian 8y ago
I started shaving to a No 2 in university due to thinning hair. At the time I perceived a decrease in interest from women. 20+yras later, I shave with no comb (< No 1) about once a month. There is a definite increase in interest from w
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by fian 8y ago
2kW is right about the wattage of a small electric fan heater for comparison. So regardless of how they made it look, anyone standing near it should have felt warmer.
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by fian 8y ago
I previously worked for a company that spent $5-10k psychometrically testing each potential hire in 1 on 1 sessions with a psychologist after they had passed an initial interview. The tests were a mix of general IQ (to ensure people actual
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by fian 8y ago
When I was taught basic electronics in the early 80's we prototyped on cardboard by pushing in thumbtacks as connecting points then soldering the through hole components and bare, solid core copper wire onto the thumbtacks. The solid c
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by fian 9y ago
Hmmm, I definitely prefer to stand when in a creative flow state. Any activity that requires a lot of reading I prefer to sit for.
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by fian 9y ago
I use Eclipse with Subversion as the VCS. With Subversion you can disable to automatic History tab update on selection change (ie unlink from Editor). Can you not do the same with the Git functionality?
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by fian 9y ago
...who have nausea.
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by fian 9y ago
It is not uncommon in Australia to say you are going over to a friend's house. In Perth people often would say they are "going over" to Melbourne or Sydney. There is also the reverse "coming over" "Out" i
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by fian 9y ago
Any fines paid will ultimately be passed back to the consumer through increased prices. Maybe the funes should be replaced by firing and/or imprisonment of culpable management?
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by fian 9y ago
Is there potential for a news article broker to sit between the readers and the major news sites? For example you credit an account on a news broker then when younwant to read an article the article access fee is deducted from your account
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by fian 9y ago
DPD is wholly owned by La Poste which is 73% owned by the French government. Seems ironic that a company owned by a government with strong social welfare and laws preventing long work hours would act in such a hostile way towards staff in
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by fian 9y ago
For Java: Effective Java by Joshua Bloch. For Spring: Pro Spring 3 by Harrop and Ho was useful to me in getting a basic CRUD application running.
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by fian 9y ago
While the article is focused on transfer of various pathogens from ticks to humans, there is also a risk of developing and allergy to mammalian meat: http://www.mydr.com.au/allergy/mammalian-meat-allergy There is evide
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by fian 9y ago
Second target shooting but suggest Archery instead of guns. Less noise, more walking to retrieve your arrows after each end (round) and you can choose from a range of draw weights to find something that you comfortably sustain. Like all ho
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by fian 9y ago
Never is a long time. Were earlier human ancestors able to " abstract the concepts and evolve our morals"?
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by fian 9y ago
So his point perhaps is the inequality to focus on is the disproportionate political leverage enjoyed by large corporations and the wealthy. Seems a bit of a chicken and egg situation though. Those with more money can buy legislation that
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by fian 9y ago
Why do you think you need native look and feel? I have worked on a Java desktop app with Swing UI for over a decade. Mid 2000s we would get asked to "modernise" our applications UI, which really meant: "make it look like Win
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by fian 9y ago
The whole idea of potentially unpleasant or not consumable (due to allergies) output is a problem for me. The waste in time, work and resources to output something that has a high likelihood to be discarded (pizza is perishable) isn't
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by fian 9y ago
Hmmm, Smarties in Australia used to come in a small rectangular box and you opened it at one of the ends. I can't recall ever seeing Smarties in cylindrical tubes with plastic lids. Feels like we missed out on some fun. After M&Ms
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by fian 9y ago
Research and development on something likely to improve lives or benefit society. Non-profitable pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, environmental restoration etc.
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by fian 9y ago
Does the 4k monitor have multiple inputs? If it does, then connect both laptops to different input channels and switch inputs on the monitor as needed. Then presumably all you would need is a USB switch for keyboard and mouse input. I hav
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by fian 9y ago
The frequency of cooking oil change has a large impact on the taste of the fried food. Some places will keep using the same oil for a few days, only filtering it each day. Fries from a day when the oil is changed could be great while 2 day
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by fian 9y ago
Using Lotus Notes at my current employer. Notes itself has some great functionality. The UI feels a little clunky - but generally you can do what you need to do. The main problems I encounter is the way our IT department have deployed it.
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by fian 9y ago
Strangely on point ancedata: My father worked as a drain cleaning specialist for many decades without a plumbing certificate. When he started his business drain cleaning was not regulated under the local plumbing trade. He knew vastly mor
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by fian 9y ago
Except many times the update will ask to expand its access to information in your phone it shouldn't need. So you choose between explicitly granting permission for unnecessary data access or don't update and hope you don't g
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by fian 9y ago
A printout of XML contains the data in a structured and understandable format. A printout of a binary dump does not provide any clues as to how the data was structured.
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by fian 9y ago
Beyond boredom, many people will develop bad body odor from the choline in eggs: https://nutritionfacts.org/2014/08/19/how-eggs-can-impact-bo... My partner eats boiled eggs daily for breakfast and at one poin
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by fian 9y ago
Not sure but these might fit your requirements: https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Health/CSIRO-diets/CSIRO-To... The CSIRO is an Australian government funded research organisation that has a very good rep
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by fian 9y ago
Statesider?

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